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Re: Removing NetworkManager removes plasma5-session

All the NetworkManager services are disabled and inactive. The packages itself doesn't take up to much space, but still it is waste of space. Should have a plasma5-wicked which could be used instead of plasma5-nm.

Re: Removing NetworkManager removes plasma5-session

NetworkManager makes sense on a laptop, or a computer with Ethernet, Wireless, Mobile and VPN connections. I am using Wicked because I don't have wireless and have no need to manage the connection. Prior to Wicked I just used ifup which looks like Wicked was ment to replace.

Just thought that if there was a plasma5-wicked package there wouldn't be any need to install any packages related to NetworkManager.

AW: Re: Removing NetworkManager removes plasma5-session

Originally Posted by DJViking

NetworkManager makes sense on a laptop, or a computer with Ethernet, Wireless, Mobile and VPN connections. I am using Wicked because I don't have wireless and have no need to manage the connection. Prior to Wicked I just used ifup which looks like Wicked was ment to replace.

Well, nobody prevents you from using Wicked, and plasma-nm5 (i.e. Plasma5's NetworkManager applet) will not even be loaded if NetworkManager is not active.

Just thought that if there was a plasma5-wicked package there wouldn't be any need to install any packages related to NetworkManager.

No.
plasma5-session requires plasma-nm5, and it would also require it if a plasma5-wicked package would exist.
Actually I think this requirement was added to make sure plasma-nm is upgraded to plasma-nm5 correctly when upgrading from KDE4 to Plasma5.
We did get quite some complaints about the network applet missing when Tumbleweed switched to Plasma5 a year ago...

Anyway, you can uninstall plasma-nm5 (and NetworkManager) by breaking the package dependencies, if you really want to. (make sure plasma5-session is not removed though, or you won't be able to start Plasma5 from the login screen)
Plasma5 itself does not require plasma-nm5 or NetworkManager in any way (unlike gnome-shell, which has the NetworkManager applet built-in), and will work fine without it.
But then, if you really care about that "wasted disk space", you probably should not install KDE in the first place...